“Set your phasers on stun,” Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise would bark at his crew, but we all knew he meant “lasers” instead of “phasers” because lasers were the weapon of the future.  When Auric Goldfinger flipped on his superlaser that was burning and cutting through solid

published Oct 30, 2017, 4:00:08 AM, by Dana Hull (Bloomberg) — The brief history of the self-driving car is parked in Pittsburgh. Robotic vehicles built by students and professors stand sentry on the campus green at Carnegie Mellon University. These cars carry scars and dents—one shows rollover damage—from participation in